Nest Box

On my rainy North Cedar Lake Trail walk today: nest box, ready for occupation by bluebirds or swallows in March.

Grain Train

Walked with a friend: Minneapolis, both sides of the Mississippi, plus close encounter with a grain train.

Categorized as Walk

Trespass Hike

Urban hike in falling snow: 10-mile loop following railroads all the way. Some “No Trespassing” signs were ignored.

Categorized as Walk

Misty Walk

Misty walk with a friend round Lake Nokomis. We made it before the rain started in earnest.

Categorized as Walk

Bus There, Walk Back

Bus to NE edge of Minneapolis. Walked back home through a variety of neighborhoods including postindustrial Nordeast.

Warm End to Cold Run

Pastry, coffee, mittens: Wuollet Bakery, at the end of my run.

Categorized as Jog

Dreaming of Kyushu

This winter I’ll be back in Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands. I will have visited Kyushu three years in a row: 2013, 2014, and 2015. I go back for the gentle subtropical climate while Minnesota’s long winter refuses to budge. Kyushu is a manageable size, about one-sixth the area of Minnesota or…… Continue reading Dreaming of Kyushu